B.C. is going to recalibrate all its breathalyzers to eliminate any errors for readings in the warning range, police announced on Friday morning. The Approved Screening Devices, commonly known as roadside breathalyzers, will be reset to give a warning reading for a blood alcohol level of 0.06 instead of 0.05., in order to prevent any false readings, the B.C. Association of Chiefs of Police said. The recalibration will take 10 days to complete and during that time, roadside suspensions will not be given to drivers who caught in the warning range, said Vancouver Deputy Police Chief Warren Lemcke "The public should be very aware that the only thing that has changed here is that for ten days only while these are re-adjusted, those three, seven and 30 day suspensions under the immediate roadside prohibition will not take place unless you blow a fail," said Lemcke. "That's it — everything else stays the same. And in ten days, it's business as usual," he said. The move follows comments by the province's Solicitor General Rich Coleman that police should be using more discretion when the apply the tough new penalties brought in by the province earlier this year, and a promise to review the enforcement of the regulations.
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